Tour de France 2024

Last night Becky and I realized that the Tour de France had started and the first stage was completed earlier in the day. The really big surprise was that the first three stages of the Tour would take place in Italy. The first stage began in Florence and went to Rimini on the Adriatic Sea. This is the first time in over a hundred years that the Tour de France had any stages in Italy. The second stage today goes from Cesenatico to Bologna and the third stage tomorrow goes from Piacenza to Turin. Then on to France. Also this year the Tour will end in Nice instead of Paris because of the upcoming Paris Olympics that begin in late July.

So last night we turned on Peacock and watched the beginnings of Stage 1. It's nice that all of the stages are available to watch later in their entirety or the highlights. We'll go back and watch the highlights later. In the meantime this morning we turned it on live. We love watching the great shots of the countryside, the villages, the mountains, the cities, etc. It's like a travel tour too.

Today we had the 2nd stage on the television although we only watched it off and on. It was a six hour program today. Later we will watch the highlights. I did see some wonderful scenes of the city of Bologna but then there was a couple of weird ones... some guys mooning the camera as the race goes by.